Sample-piece-goods holder.



C. M. SILKNITTER.

SAMPLE PIECE GOODS HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7. I915.

LQU?J8%% Patented Dec. 5,1916.

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SAMPLE-PIEOE-GOODS HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

Application filed. September 7, 1915. Serial No. 49,344.

To all to 7mm it may concern:

lie it known that I, CrIAnLns M. SILKNrrwas, a citizen of the United States, residing at (lenterville, in the county of Appanoose and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Sample-Piece-Goods Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a bolt-board or core about which a strip of cloth or other material may be wound, the core being provided with a recess in which is mounted movably a receptacle adapted to contain samples of the goods which are wound on the board.

The invention aims to provide novel means for mounting the receptacle for reciprocating movement, to provide novel means for maintaining the receptacle in closed relation with respect tothe board, to provide novel means whereby the goods on the board may be held out of the way of the receptacle as the latter is moved to and from opened and closed positions and, generally, to improve and enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present inven.ion appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 shows the invention in fragmental top plan, parts being broken away; Fig. 2 is a fragmental bottom plan; Fig. 3 is an end elevation; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section, the receptacle being in a retracted position; Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section, the receptacle being in advanced position, and parts appearing in elevation.

Tn carrying out the present invention there is provided a core in the form of a bolt-board 1 through which is cut, at one end of the board, a notch or opening defining a recess 2. Adjacent the end of the board, the recess 2 is reduced in diameter to form approaching stops 3, the functions of which will be made out hereinafter.

At the bottom of the board or core 1, the recess 2 is bridged across by a closure 4 in the form of a plate. Circumscribing the core let one end thereof is a strip or band 5 preferably made of metal. The band 5 overlaps the closure 4 and aids in holding the same in place. Securing elements 6 are employed for attaching the band to the core 1 and certain of these securing elements pass not only through the band but through the closure 1 as well, the closure thus being retained in place. Adjacent one end of the core 1, the band 5 is provided with oppositely projecting flanges 7, the functions of which will be alluded to hereinafter. Within the contour of the recess 2, one portion of the circumscribing band 5 is distorted to form a seat 8.

Mounted to reciprocate within the recess 2 of the core 1 is a receptacle which is a composite structure, the same embodying a back 9 in the form of a bar or block, the ends 10 of which coact with the stops 3 to prevent a complete and accidental withdrawal of the receptacle when the same is advanced into the position shown in Fig. 5. The receptacle includes a front 11 preferably in the form of a block, a bottom 12 extending between the front 11 and the back 9, the longitudinal edges of the bottom 12 being bent upwardly to form side flanges 14: secured to the back 9 and the front 11. Attached to the back 9 is a lid 15 which preferably is fieXible. As clearly shown in Fig. 5, the front 11 is reduced adjacent its rear end, as indicated at 16, to form a shoulder 17 upon which the free forward edge of the lid 15 is adapted to rest when the latter is in a closed position. Further, owing to the fact that the front is cut away as shown at 16, the forward extremities of the side flanges 14 of the receptacle may be secured to the front, with the outer faces of the side flanges flush with the outer surfaces of the front. The front 11 carries a handle 18 which maybe in the form of a ring, adapted to receive a price-tag (not shown). Mounted on the upper surface of the front 11 of the receptacle is a projection 19. When the receptacle is pushed rearwardly into the recess 2 and assumes the position shown in Fig. 1, the projection 19 interengages with the seat 8 to hold the receptacle in a closed position. One function of the flange 7 is to reinforce the band or strip 5 adjacent the seat 8, so that the band will not spring unduly and loosen its hold on the receptacle when the projection 19 is engaged in the seat, The principalfunctiom'however, of the flange 7 is toprevent the cloth which is Wound on the'core '1 from overriding the end of the core and coming into contact with the receptacle as the latter is moved to and from open and closed positions;

it hereupon the'lid' may be swung upwa-rdlyin'to the position shown;in Fig. 5,

7 "thus opening the receptacle so that 7 samples of clothcontained therein may be removed. The structure: showniin this application is tors of mail order houses, and others who are accustomed to furnish their customers with samples of goods wound upon a boltboard or core such as that indicated at 1;

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is i V j 1. In a device of the class described, 'a core fhaving airecess; a strip on the core and extended across the reccss,the strip being distorted to torm a seat; and a receptacle inount'ed to reciprocate in the recess, the receptacle having a projection adapted to be received in the seat to hold the receptacle (lo pies of Qatent may be obtained for in a closed position, the strip being provided a of peculiar utility in the hands of propriewith an upstanding flange constituting a reinforcement for the strip adjacent the seat, and constituting also a means for preventing the material on the core from overriding the end of the core and coming into the path of the receptacle as the latter is reciprocated.

2. In a device of the class described, a core having a recess extended therethrough; a plate applied to one side of the core and constituting a closure for one side of the recess; a band extended around the core and engaging the plate to hold the same on the core; and a receptacle slidable in the recess, within the contour of the band.

3. In a device of the class described, a core having a recess and provided with a stop adjacent the outer end of the recess; a receptacle slidable in the recess and provided with a stop coacting with the stop of the core to prevent a complete withdrawal of the receptacle; and a band circumscribing the end of the core and extended across the recess and coacting with the receptacle when the stops are in mutual engagement, to prevent a tilting of the receptacle and a discugageinent of the stops.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto ailixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES M. SILKNITTER.

Witnesses R. W. SMITH, J. M. Vinson.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

